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- Caffeine Withdrawal and Weekend Migraines - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Megan OltmanAnother piece of the puzzle fell in place for me yesterday, as I watched a podcast of Dr. Richard Lipton, professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, explaining the difference between Migraine & headache. Thanks to Marijke Durning, R.N. of Help My Hurt for posting the podcast ...
Views: 2093 - Arch Support Inserts and Plantar Fasciitis Exercises for Effective Relief for Pain in the Heels - by Submitted on May 29, 2009 from Fred SalomonFoot care experts recommend the exercises for plantar fasciitis shown below in addition to the use of orthotic shoe inserts to ease pain in the heels caused by plantar fasciitis due to excess pronation. You must be aware that these plantar fasciitis exercises should not cause you pain, but ...
Views: 3038(1 vote) - Alternative Healing Practices: Can They Overcome Chronic Pain? - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Donna BurickGetting out of bed in the morning can be a painful process for some people. If you are someone who suffers from aches and pains, knees buckling or slight pain in the lower back as you shift your weight, you are not alone. You are also not alone in wanting to find a way to ease the discomfort so ...
Views: 1509(1 vote) - Alternatives to Compact Fluorescents for Migraineurs and the Rest of You! - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Megan OltmanI posted last week about compact fluorescents and their impact on some migraineurs, epileptics, people with lupus and possibly other conditions. While we work on getting Congress to amend the law which would phase out sales of incandescent bulbs by 2012, here are some thoughts about energy ...
Views: 1022 - ***Painful Procrastinations are an invitation to look inward with WHEE - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorOnly put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. - Pablo Picasso Who has never set aside unpleasant, tedious or distasteful tasks, hoping that the need to address them might disappear, or that someone else would step forward to do the ...
Views: 1107 - ***Transforming Negative Beliefs and Expectations that Spoil Our Enjoyment of Life - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe expectation that something bad will happen stems from the belief that something bad has happened, neither of which, on the most fundamental level, is true. - Alan Cohen Our childhood experiences often shape the rest of our lives. When we have suffered from neglect, physical or emotional ...
Views: 1582(2 votes) - ***Saying What We're Doing - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorLabels and titles set the tone and direction for our actions. What we call ourselves both identifies and directs our actions. The ways therapists/caregivers identify what they are doing sets expectations for themselves and for the careseekers who come to them for help. Complementary/ ...
Views: 1113(1 vote) - ***Mind of Head and of Heart - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorSome people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. - David Hare Introduction In wholistic conceptualizations, our primary consciousness resides in spirit and is expressed through ...
Views: 1351 - ***The What and the How - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe work will wait while you show your child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work. - Patricia Clafford Introduction How we approach each person and each task in life may be as important as the content of how we relate and what we do. This has been ...
Views: 1020 - Do Inversion Therapy Tables Relieve Back Pain? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from OneTouch MassageIf you suffer from chronic back pain, you're not alone. Millions of adults in the U.S. suffer from it every day. The search for a natural form of relief has led many of these sufferers to turn to gravity inversion therapy for help. This popular treatment involves the reversal of gravitational ...
Views: 3961(2 votes) - More Time Management for Migraineurs: Managing the Time We Have - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from Megan OltmanI read an intriguing post on How to Cope with Pain earlier this month, called Time Management and Pain. What intrigued me was that rather than laying out any nitty-gritty on scheduling and managing time, the article focused on “pacing ourselves and keeping stress to a minimum.” In other words, ...
Views: 1135 - How Does Magnetic Therapy Work? - by Submitted on May 08, 2009 from Channary HouleThis article explains how magnets work to aid healing in the body. Many people are seeking alternative health care due to the high cost of paying for medical bills and knowing that one prescription drug will lead to another one, mainly because of side effects. I recently went to the hospital ...
Views: 1979 - Coming Out of the Migraine Closet - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from Megan OltmanWhen someone comes out of the closet, they take a stand, and they take a risk. For centuries, gay and lesbian people hid their identities in order to survive. Then a few people said “no more.” Decided to risk public censure, job loss, jail, so that things could change. And things have changed. ...
Views: 1141 - Managing Chronic Pain So It Doesn't Manage You - by Submitted on May 04, 2009 from Susan FarberMy name is Susan Farber and I am a licensed Marriage Family Therapist in private practice. I specialize in helping clients manage, reduce, and eliminate chronic pain using a mind/body approach to treatment. I look at how denied emotions, tension, and stress contribute to the development and ...
Views: 1169 - Chronic Back Pain - What's the Simple Pain Relief Answer? - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Kathryn MerrowMillions of people suffer from chronic back pain and there are many reasons for back pain. Sometimes your back pain is caused by something that you have done. Other times, it’s caused by something you haven't done. Okay, I’ll be totally honest here: There are a LOT of reasons for chronic ...
Views: 1544 - What Are You Complaining For? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Megan OltmanI am up and walking around on a beautiful, chilly, early spring day, with bulbs poking their green noses out of the dirt (and a few, their bright flowers.) I am headache free for the first time in 5 days and enjoying a lovely family visit. I really don’t feel in the least like complaining. But I ...
Views: 1017 - Interrupting the Cycle of Chronic Pain - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2009 from Darlene LancerIf you suffer from chronic pain, you are not alone. Millions of Americans seek treatment for chronic pain, pain that continues for more than six months. Chronic pain is no longer viewed as a symptom, but as an illness in itself. Things we take for granted, such as eating, sleeping, dressing, ...
Views: 3852(2 votes) - A Fail-Safe Way to Relieve Pain and Stress - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Maggie PhillipsHelping people in ongoing pain and stress is a challenge for a number of reasons. One important obstacle is that usually they have learned to disconnect from their body experience to reduce the feeling of pain. The problem with this strategy is that it also cuts them off from the resources and ...
Views: 1735 - As Good As It Gets - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Megan Oltman“What if this is as good as it gets?” In the movie of that name, Jack Nicholson plays Melvin, an insulting, anti-social author with obsessive compulsive disorder. Melvin falls for Carol, played by Helen Hunt, the only waitress who will put up with him, at his favorite restaurant. Carol is ...
Views: 1236 - Self Care for Low Back and Neck Pain - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Milica BarjaktarovicThe whole body is interconnected. Neck and sacrum are related. If one is in pain, the other one is too, and vice versa. If one gets better, the other one gets better too. So, we can work on one to help another. This, of course, helps the whole body. Then we are happy! So let's see how we get ...
Views: 1701(2 votes) - To Your Health - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Constance BarrettLast November I developed an inexplicable pain in my leg. On the infrequent occasions when pain visits my body it usually lodges in my lower back, rearranging my discs and strumming the sciatic nerve. My daily Reiki self-treatments have considerably diminished the frequency of these incidents , ...
Views: 1029 - ***7 Minutes to Natural Pain Release: Pain is a Choice and Suffering is Optional - WHEE for Tapping Your Pain Away - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2009 from Sam EtkinWHEE is an amazing new method for releasing pains of all sorts. Users report dramatic improvements with tension headaches, migraines, frozen shoulders, backaches, irritable bowel syndrome, surgery, injuries, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome and cancer. Example 1: I was out hiking with a ...
Views: 1922 - ***The Busy Body - A Sibling of Eckhart Tolle's Pain Body - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Daniel BenorHave you ever noticed that your mind is chattering constantly? Have you ever been able to stop this chatter? Almost everyone answers, "Yes" to the first question and "No" to the second one. I call this part of ourselves the busy body. It is like a restless, frisky kitten, pouncing on anything ...
Views: 1799 - ***10 Ways to Dig Your Hole Deeper - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Daniel Benor1. Assume as an article of absolute faith: There is no possible way to get out of this hole. 2. Blame yourself for getting stuck in this hole and look for the most exquisitely critical things you can say to yourself about your stupidity for ending up where you are. 3. Say "No!" immediately ...
Views: 3130 - ***Calling Each Other Names: Part 2 - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Daniel BenorThere are many names we give to caregivers and careseekers. These labels often reflect deeply-held, often unconscious attitudes around health an illness. They also may determine the nature of care that is given and received. Varieties of names are reviewed in Part 1 or this article, including ...
Views: 1259 - ***Calling Each Other Names: Part 1 - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Daniel BenorCaregivers and careseekers We have many terms for those who offer treatments and those who seek them. Each has its own tradition and shapes the relationships of the caregivers and careseekers in subtle but pervasive ways. The first term I suggest for consideration is respant, asking you to ...
Views: 1013 - ***The Sweetening Spiral, A New Twist On Your Road to Wellness - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Daniel BenorWhat is the opposite of a vicious circle? Think about it! Isn't it odd that we have no common term for this in the English language? German, Swedish and French have such terms, but we don't. I deal with this issue daily, as I help people release negative, self-defeating patterns of behaviors ...
Views: 1037 - Find a Real Solution to Back Pain without Drugs or surgery - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Simon BroderickMany of us suffer on a daily basis from chronic or acute back pain, and it can become a depressing condition. The pain affects our lives on a daily basis, not just through physical experience of the sensation, but through its debilitating effect on our ability to enjoy and take part in life as ...
Views: 1032 - Muscular Causes of Low Back Pain - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Roger FontaineLow back pain caused by tight anterior inner hip muscles. This article is written at a level which requires some knowledge of anatomical attachments, ie: origins and insertions of muscles, as well as names of muscles. Should you wish to know more I invite you to look online for an anatomy ...
Views: 3722(1 vote) - Low Back Pain Treated Successfully - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2009 from Randy MartinEvery week, I have a patient who comes in with excruciating lower back pain. At least one patient per week. They usually come in as a last resort, having found me on their insurance plan website. They have tried many drugs, painkillers and anti-inflammatories, and now their doctor has only one ...
Views: 1401 - Boy's Fear of Opening Healed Hand Cleared with EFT - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2009 from Elaine NitzA little boy named John (not his real name) who was 4 years old was staying with my sister for a while. He loved to play any kind of ball, and one day he sprained his hand while he was playing catch. It was a pretty severe sprain, and it was painful for him to open the hand, especially after he ...
Views: 1655(2 votes) - ***Networking As Healing - Part 3 - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe Doctor-Healer Network - North America (DHN-NA), scattered geographically across the US and Canada, meets for monthly two-hour telephone conference calls. In the DHN-UK, participants are a mix of doctors who are healers and doctors who work together with healers. In the DHN-NA all ...
Views: 1460 - ***Networking As Healing - Part 1. - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Daniel BenorNetworking is often seen to be an activity that promotes the sharing of ideas, activities and sales of products and services. Looking at the concept of networking as energy, networking is an energy exchange. It may be conducted with altruistic or business motives. The altruistic or business ...
Views: 1223 - ***Networking As Healing - Part 2. - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe Council for Healing (CfH) The CfH is a non-profit North American organization including representatives from diverse healing modalities. The Council is a hub for sharing healing experiences, training and wisdom that crosses the boundaries of professional training. Too often, caregivers are ...
Views: 1504 - ***Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Helpful Therapies - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Daniel BenorFibromyalgia (FM) is an illness syndrome that includes aches and pains all over the body; muscle tenderness; severe fatigue most of the time; mental unclarity and difficulty focusing (often called ‘brain fog’); depression; insomnia; digestive disorders (vague pains, diarrhea); and multiple ...
Views: 1161 - ***Psychotherapy and Spiritual Healing - Part 3. - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Daniel BenorI have touched on psychic and spiritual awarenesses that can extend our perceptions well beyond the stage of our life, into the domains of the invisible choreographers and of the Producer. We are told by psychics, healers, meditators and mystics that the pursuit of this awareness is the most ...
Views: 1553(1 vote) - ***Psychotherapy and Spiritual Healing - Part 2. - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Daniel BenorHealing can quickly open therapist and client to intuitive awarenesses of underlying psychological problems that may be buried in the unconscious, often brought into consciousness by the unconscious mind through physical and emotional symptoms. Healing facilitates releases of buried emotional ...
Views: 1905(1 vote) - ***Psychotherapy and Spiritual Healing - Part 1. - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe Names that can be given Are not the Absolute Names. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; The Nameless is the Mother of All Things. ---Lao Tsu I find myself in a peculiar position where everything I am going to tell you is inhererntly wrong. Words and linear language are ...
Views: 1516(1 vote) - Fibromyalgia: Treatments and Options - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from ALVIN STEINA patient complains of pain all over the body. Pain is in the upper part of the body and it is in the lower part of the body. The pain is accompanied by disturbances of sleep, sometimes restless legs, and occasionally sleep apnea. The patient gets depressed because of all of the pain and the ...
Views: 1777 - *** Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Helpful Therapies - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2009 from Daniel BenorFibromyalgia (FM) is an illness syndrome that includes aches and pains all over the body; severe fatigue; mental unclarity and difficulty focusing (often called ‘brain fog’); depression; insomnia; digestive disorders (vague pains, diarrhea); and multiple allergies to foods and other items. ...
Views: 1276 - Set Up your Migraine Support System - Talk to the People Who Matter - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2009 from Megan OltmanThere are several kinds of support you need to live with Migraine disease; one is what I'll call structural support (like toolkits, systems, schedules, routines, diaries), another is people support. I'm going to talk about people support today. It's lonely dealing with a disease that eats away ...
Views: 1069 - Book Review: Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2009 from Douglas PakThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Pain Management. Pain management is the medical discipline concerned with the relief of pain. It can include both pharmacological and non-pharmacological solutions to relieving pain. Daniel J. Benor, MD is the Official Guide to Pain ...
Views: 1095 - Definition: Pain Management - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2009 from Douglas PakPain management (also called pain medicine) is the medical discipline concerned with the relief of pain. Types of pain Acute pain, such pain resulting from trauma, often has a reversible cause and may require only transient measures and correction of the underlying problem. In contrast, chronic ...
Views: 1345 - What Are You Getting Well For? Living Inside a Goal - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2009 from Megan OltmanWhat are we getting better for? What are we here for? I realize these are big questions and challenging even for minds that aren't screaming with pain, let alone those that cope with frequent Migraines. They are central questions to creating and sustaining the will and optimism to keep ...
Views: 996 - Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2009 from Daniel Benor*** When parents separate or divorce, children are usually stressed. Even when parents separate amicably, children end up having to adjust to living part-time in each of two households. Single parents often note that children have problems with their attitudes, emotions and behaviors in the day ...
Views: 1429 - End Chronic Pain - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesKathy Stevens, who has been training my dogs for the past three years, is a battle-scarred veteran of the war against chronic pain. Kathy injured her back when she fell from a ladder in 1996. As a result of her injury, she lost the feeling in her legs for four weeks. When sensation did return, ...
Views: 1150 - Referred Pain and Trigger Point Therapy - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHuman Physiology versus Modern Living Human bodies have not changed much in the past 10,000 years; however, during the last 150 years, we have greatly changed our lifestyles. Our bodies deal with new chemicals, sleep habits, physical tasks, indoor lighting, noise, and other unnatural ...
Views: 3202 - Posture and Pain: From the Feet Up - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe ideal body has a framework of curves and arches that, with the joints, support and balance the body’s weight. When spinal curves or foot arches flatten or are exaggerated, our center of gravity is shifted. The result? Pain! The more self-imposed problems often come from poor ergonomics ...
Views: 1315 - Bowen: The Key to Optimal Health and Pain Elimination - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesBowen is a multidimensional healing system that alleviates human pain and suffering. It was discovered and developed by the late Tom Bowen of Geelong, Australia. It is a natural health care solution that safely and gently awakens and revives the self-healing mechanisms of the body by applying ...
Views: 1148(1 vote) - Fibromyalgia Massage - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Leia McCumberStop the Suffering, Manage The Pain. Seven million Americans deal with this painful condition. 90% of those people are women. Your whole body aches, you're up all night tossing and turning, you are fatigued and depressed. You find it difficult to concentrate sometimes, with that "foggy" ...
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